<\/p>\n
Karmelo Anthony\u2019s family says \u201cnobody wins\u201d after murder verdict and sentencing<\/p>\n
The father of\u00a0Texas teenager Karmelo Anthony\u00a0said \u201cnobody wins\u201d after a jury rejected his son\u2019s claims of self-defense and convicted him of murder in the stabbing death of fellow student-athlete Austin Metcalf.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Anthony was accused of fatally stabbing Metcalf at a track meet in Frisco on April 2, 2025. Prosecutors described the attack as intentional, but Anthony said it happened after Metcalf and his teammates taunted and shoved him.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The jury deliberated for less than three hours before convicting Anthony on Tuesday, and later\u00a0sentenced him to 35 years\u00a0in prison. He is currently being held at a Texas Department of Criminal Justice facility northwest of Houston.<\/p>\n
During an interview for \u201cCBS Mornings,\u201d Anthony\u2019s mother, Kala Hayes, said her son \u201cdidn\u2019t mean to hurt anyone\u201d and \u201cwas defending himself.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
When asked what he would tell Metcalf\u2019s family, Anthony\u2019s father, Andrew Anthony, said, \u201cIt\u2019s unfortunate, it\u2019s where nobody wins.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve all been hurt by this,\u201d he said. \u201cEverybody, everyone.\u201d
\nKarmelo Anthony (left) was convicted of murder in the stabbing death of Austin Metcalf (right) at a 2025 track meet in Frisco, Texas.
\nMeanwhile, Metcalf\u2019s father, Jeff Metcalf, described the verdict as bittersweet. He said he has forgiven Anthony for his own well-being, so he doesn\u2019t \u201ccarry the rage, the hate and that around.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\u201cThat poor boy is fixing to experience a life that I would not wish upon anyone, but he deserves what he gets because we\u2019re all responsible for our actions,\u201d Metcalf said. \u201cWhat it boils down to for me is this: Austin will never walk through that door again, and never give me a hug.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, Anthony\u2019s legal team filed a notice of appeal. Dallas-based appellate attorney David Coale\u00a0told CBS News Texas\u00a0that an appeal would focus on whether the trial was handled correctly, including how the jury was selected and whether\u00a0Black jurors were improperly removed\u00a0from the case.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat stuck out to me, No. 1, was the all-White jury,\u201d Andrew Anthony said. The family\u00a0also alleged\u00a0that witnesses lied on the stand and gave inconsistent statements.<\/p>\n
When it came time to give statements before their son\u2019s sentencing, only Hayes spoke. She now says she felt the jury \u201chad their minds made up already\u201d as she spoke.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey did a number on us,\u201d Andrew Anthony said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t get justice. A lot of things that were missed that should have been handled a certain way.\u201d<\/p>\n
Collins County District Attorney Greg Willis said in a news conference after the verdict that \u201cjustice was served\u201d and that jurors \u201ccooperated fully and testified truthfully.\u201d<\/p>\n
Andrew Anthony said he believes his son was \u201calready convicted\u201d in the court of public opinion before the trial. The case sparked strong emotions nationwide, and protests have been held on behalf of both Anthony and Metcalf. Both families have also\u00a0received death threats\u00a0and other alarming calls and messages.<\/p>\n
\u201cYesterday, I had a death threat, this morning had multiple emails, texts threatening me, calling me all sorts of names,\u201d Jeff Metcalf said.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople want us dead,\u201d Andrew Anthony said. \u201cAfter they still got what they wanted\u2026. they still want us dead. I go look at my phone, people want us dead. They want our family dead.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
News
\nImmediately after Anthony began serving his 35-year prison sentence, his appeals team filed a document confirming his status as Legally Destitute. This move immediately sparked outrage from the public, as Anthony\u2019s family had previously successfully raised over half a million dollars from public donation<\/p>\n
Just days after a Collin County jury rejected a self-defense claim and sentenced the 19-year-old to 35 years in prison for the April 2, 2025, fatal stadium stabbing of high school football star Austin Metcalf, official court records have triggered a massive wave of public skepticism. Newly unsealed appellate documents formally describe Anthony as \u201cdestitute\u201d [\u2026]<\/p>\n
A shocking detail has just been revealed from leaked court documents, concerning the murder case of 19-year-old convict Karmelo Anthony<\/p>\n
Just days after a Collin County jury rejected a self-defense claim and sentenced the 19-year-old to 35 years in prison for the April 2, 2025, fatal stadium stabbing of high school football star Austin Metcalf, official court records have triggered a massive wave of public skepticism. Newly unsealed appellate documents formally describe Anthony as \u201cdestitute\u201d [\u2026]<\/p>\n
The case of Karmelo Anthony (19 years old, sentenced to 35 years in prison in Texas) is turning into a financial aberration. The entire massive amount of funding suddenly vanished without a trace overnight<\/p>\n
Just days after a Collin County jury rejected a self-defense claim and sentenced the 19-year-old to 35 years in prison for the April 2, 2025, fatal stadium stabbing of high school football star Austin Metcalf, official court records have triggered a massive wave of public skepticism. Newly unsealed appellate documents formally describe Anthony as \u201cdestitute\u201d [\u2026]<\/p>\n
The mystery of the $600,000 flow of money behind the Karmelo Anthony case in Texas<\/p>\n
Just days after a Collin County jury rejected a self-defense claim and sentenced the 19-year-old to 35 years in prison for the April 2, 2025, fatal stadium stabbing of high school football star Austin Metcalf, official court records have triggered a massive wave of public skepticism. Newly unsealed appellate documents formally describe Anthony as \u201cdestitute\u201d [\u2026]<\/p>\n
Behind the 35-year prison sentence for the shocking athletics murder lies a chilling truth. The perpetrator didn\u2019t use sophisticated weapons, but rather a household tool costing the price of a fast-food meal to bypass security and commit the crime in less than 60 seconds<\/p>\n
In the true-crime communities of Reddit, X, and true-crime Discord servers, the devastating murder of 17-year-old high school football star Austin Metcalf by 19-year-old Karmelo Anthony has been parsed down to the millisecond. Dueling factions have argued over racial tensions, the 35-year prison sentence handed down on June 9, 2026, and the immediate, lightning-fast appeal [\u2026]<\/p>\n
The jury has just released crucial evidence: a Walmart receipt from the perpetrator before committing the shocking stabbing. How did an everyday item become the weapon that sealed the fates of two young people?<\/p>\n
In the true-crime communities of Reddit, X, and true-crime Discord servers, the devastating murder of 17-year-old high school football star Austin Metcalf by 19-year-old Karmelo Anthony has been parsed down to the millisecond. Dueling factions have argued over racial tensions, the 35-year prison sentence handed down on June 9, 2026, and the immediate, lightning-fast appeal [\u2026]<\/p>\n
Next page<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Karmelo Anthony\u2019s family says \u201cnobody wins\u201d after murder verdict and sentencing The father of\u00a0Texas teenager Karmelo Anthony\u00a0said \u201cnobody wins\u201d after a jury rejected his son\u2019s claims of self-defense and … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11885"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11887,"href":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11885\/revisions\/11887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}